Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,567 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,567 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Safeway employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews
2.0
Apr 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

General company attitude of work/life balance good. Large stable company that's close to us Central Valley folk to commute to.

Cons

Lower than market pay. Upper management not as polished as you'd find in tech/sillicon valley. Very coporate and political.

3.0
Mar 20, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible on vacation, 40 hour work weeks, low stress. You will be surrounded by people with only high school educations, so if you have a college degree you have a good edge over your peers. There's also a nice gym for employees to use.

Cons

Typical big office environment, you have to wear a tie every day. People here can be very stuffy, projects move along very slowly. Hard to initiate change.

4.0
Mar 15, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Union (Teamsters) -Impressive benefits (even for part-time workers) -High pay scale for cashiers (minimum wage to roughly $18/hr) -Very understanding of school schedule (so long as you inform them weeks in advance) -A college degree is not required to become a well paid store manager (granted, you do have to go through retail leadership training, but that is something you do through them)

Cons

-These are jobs, not careers (the store level does not offer an environment for considerable professional growth) -The pay level potential is good for the industry, but the length of time it takes to get there is probably not worth your time unless you start very early or get straight into management -College education is not paid for (although, provided you work full time in a management level position, they have a loan program) -The customer service attributes that you must meet for every customer you walk past/interact with can make you feel and look like a robot. Managers encourage us to "Kill [customers] with kindness." (Not to mention, you're performance is based upon secret shoppers reviews and, of course, how much managers like you)

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